‘Workers in some public sector jobs will be completely prevented from striking under restrictive rules that may breach international law, parliament’s watchdog on human rights has said.’
The Guardian, 28th November 2023
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘A new law making it easier for the police to put conditions on peaceful protests is “constitutionally unprecedented” and unlawful, according to a claim filed at the high court in London.’
The Guardian, 29th November 2023
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘NC v Secretary of State for the Home Department [2023] EWCA Civ 1379 (22 November 2023). The Court of Appeal has held that the First-tier Tribunal had erred in its application of the “very significant obstacles to integration” test set out in paragraph 276ADE(1)(vi) of the Immigration Rules, as then in force, by failing to turn its attention to any evidence beyond an individual’s subjective fear of violence if they were returned to their home country. On proper analysis, the FTT should have focused on the reality of the individual’s daily life if returned; specifically, what steps she could reasonable take to avoid or mitigate her fear, such as by seeking state protection or asking for help from relatives. The appellant, “NC”, maintained that there was no error of law in the FTT’s determination, that the Upper Tribunal was itself in error in concluding that there was and that the FTT’s determination in her favour should stand. However, the SSHD maintained that the Upper Tribunal was correct to find that the FTT had made an error of law and to set aside the FTT’s determination. The focus of the appeal was on the meaning of “very significant obstacles to … integration” as those words appeared in paragraph 276ADE(1)(vi) at the material time. The appellant “NC” appealed against the Upper Tribunal’s determination that the FTT had made an error of law when it concluded that she should not be returned to St Kitts and Nevis. NC came to the UK in March 2016, aged 28. She claimed asylum in October 2016.’
EIN Blog, 27th November 2023
Source: www.ein.org.uk
‘Paul Newman KC has written a casenote on the recent decision of the CA in Campbell v NHS Business Services Authority, in which a member was held to have died in pensionable service and therefore to have been entitled only to a death in service benefit lump sum, rather than a higher ill health lump sum, by reason of untaken leave entitlement.’
Pensions Barrister, 23rd November 2023
Source: www.pensionsbarrister.com
‘The UK’s consumer product liability and safety regime is broadly derived from EU legislation, which imposes obligations on each of the players in the supply chain from manufacturer through to distributor.’
OUT-LAW.com, 18th October 2023
Source: www.pinsentmasons.com
‘Forthcoming changes to the basis of UK data protection law, although likely to be of minor practical impact, nevertheless represent an important shift in the lens through which domestic data protection legislation is viewed.’
OUT-LAW.com, 4th October 2023
Source: www.pinsentmasons.com
‘Artificial intelligence is developing too fast for regulators to keep up, the UK’s deputy prime minister is to announce as he aims to galvanise other countries to take the threat seriously in advance of the UK’s AI safety summit in November.’
The Guardian, 22nd September 2023
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘Police officers guilty of gross misconduct in England and Wales will face automatic sackings, the government has announced.’
BBC News, 31st August 2023
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘Paul Newman KC has written an article on the principles of statutory construction, which might be relevant to the interpretation of a term of art used in a statutory instrument – such as “accrued rights” in the contracting-out legislation recently considered by the court in Virgin Media Ltd v NTL Pension Trustees II Ltd.’
Pensions Barrister, 13th July 2023
Source: www.pensionsbarrister.com
‘Web pornography could be subject to tighter rules in the UK, putting it on a par with films on DVD under government plans to review regulation of the online adult content industry.’
The Guardian, 3rd July 2023
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘The EU is adopting a prescriptive approach to policing artificial intelligence, aiming to “set the tone worldwide”. But lawyers point to the downsides of a detailed legal framework.’
Law Society's Gazette, 18th June 2023
Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk
‘The National Council for Civil Liberties, also known as Liberty, is threatening a judicial review of the Home Secretary’s efforts to widen the circumstances in which the police can impose conditions on people organising or taking part in protests.’
Local Government Lawyer, 19th June 2023
Source: www.localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk
‘Synthetic embryos sit at a unique juxtaposition: scientifically fascinating, ethically challenging and, for the most part, entirely unregulated by current legislation. The latest work by Prof Magdalena Żernicka-Goetz’s team brings these issues into stark relief and show that developments in this field are happening so quickly that the science is rapidly outpacing the law.’
The Guardian, 14th June 2023
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘Most unregulated legal services firms support “some aspects of regulation” for their areas but there is not a clear case for major reform, a report for the Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA) has concluded.’
Legal Futures, 14th June 2023
Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk
‘Bitcoin, Ether and other “unbacked” cryptoassets should be subject to gambling, not financial services, regulation, a prominent committee of UK MPs has said.’
OUT-LAW.com, 18th May 2023
Source: www.pinsentmasons.com
‘Consumer cryptocurrency trading should be regulated as gambling, the treasury committee has urged.’
The Independent, 17th May 2023
Source: www.independent.co.uk
‘All pet cats in England must be microchipped under a new law which could see their owners face a £500 fine if they do not get it done.’
The Independent, 13th March 2023
Source: www.independent.co.uk
‘The FA Rules, rule E8.1 provides that Participants at Step 4 of the National League System and above (see pg. 437 of The FA Handbook 2022/23), and Steps 1 and 2 of the Women’s Football Pyramid (see pg. 462 of The FA Handbook 2022/23) are prohibited from betting on football anywhere in the world. However, breaches of Rule E8 are relatively common, with The FA prosecuting around 30-40 cases in the past three seasons.’
Football Law, 31st January 2023
Source: www.footballlaw.co.uk
‘The Fire Safety (England) Regulations 2022, which implement the majority of the Grenfell Tower Inquiry recommendations, came into force yesterday (23 January 2023).’
Local Government Lawyer, 24th January 2023
Source: www.localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk
‘A man who broke Covid lockdown rules by serving wine and mince pies at a shooting club, then later attempted to destroy evidence, has been jailed.’
BBC News, 9th November 2022
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
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